Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A massive ancient oak tree linked to the legend of Robin Hood may have been loved to death. The 1,200-year-old Major Oak in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sherwood Forest's Major Oak, shown here in June 2025, failed to produce any new leaves this spring. - Steven Bramall/Alamy Stock ...

The legendary bandit who stole from the rich and gave to the poor is said to have used the massive tree as a hideout while running from the sheriff of Nottingham ...

Oak trees accumulate more wood when there is more carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere. That's the key finding from our new study, carried out in a long-established forest in Staffordshire, England, ...

The Major Oak - which has stood at the heart of Sherwood Forest for hundreds of years - has had its first spring without new leaves The Major Oak, one of the UK's most iconic trees due to its vast age ...

I remember it like it was yesterday, that rainy summer day when I met the Major. After traveling to Newstead Abbey, the ancestral home of Lord Byron, I caught a bus to Sherwood Forest. The morning sky ...

Nottinghamshire tree, one of Europe’s oldest and largest, fails to produce leaves after being stressed by series of hot, dry summers The Major oak, one of Europe’s oldest, largest and most celebrated ...

Scientists believe the 1,200-year-old Major Oak, the legendary hideout of Robin Hood, has died after it failed to produce any new leaves this spring, ...